Ceasar was kidnapped by pirates in his early days, but there are varying accounts about this. Plutarch for example says that the pirates were later crucified and Sueton mentions that first their throats were cut, but I've wondered whether later historians in the byzantine time or the middle ages actually also wrote about this event, and if so, do we still have their writings? Are there even artistic portrayals in theater of the renaissance or something similar?

I was wondering if there was any diplomatic contact between Crusader states such as Acre and (successor states of) the Mongol empire and if so how this influenced politics in the region. I know that the Ilkhanate empire reached beyond Baghdad so both states must be aware of one another but I haven't found anything about how both states influenced one another.

Much was made of carronades in this era, but no one seems to acknowledge that these lower velocity cannons would have done less impact damage than long guns of higher velocity firing the same size cannonballs.

I'm interested in any science, but to give the question some more focus, what do we know about metallurgy? What metals were they smelting, what did they make with the metals?

We're there ever any extended reductions in advancements like we see in the dark ages in European History?

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So it is said that all Native American tribes can trace their ancestry back to the crossing of the Ice Bridge from Modern day Russia to Alaska, so North and South American tribes should have the same ancestry yes? Then why did South American tribes become so much more advanced it seems? You have the Aztecs and Myans that established flourishing united civilizations that were fairly technologically advanced. Aquaducts were constructed, farming and agriculture were researched, ect.

Yet in North America, to my knowledge at least, the native tribes barely progressed passes Hunter Gatherers. There were no huge established and united civilizations, the tribes always warred with eachother and never established a nation of their own. They kept to migratory practices, moving with herds of game.

What created this divide? North and South America should have been equally rich in resources at the time yes? Why did North American Native Tribes have little to no technological advancement then compared to their South American counterparts?

Thank you in advance to any answers!

Can anyone recommend any books that deal with the causes of the fall of the Romanov family and tsarism in Russia, rather than simply the revolution itself.

I'm curious to hear about scientific "discoveries" that it turns out we knew all along, but were only later confirmed by science.

Did Britain not have deals in place with its allies that guaranteed that if one country were attacked, the other will join them in a war?

If this is the case, then why did none of Britain's allies send their navies to help them out?

The surprise attack on pearl harbor was a huge success for Japan. Would Japan have been able to successfully complete an invasion and occupation of Hawaii? What were the logistical challenges that prevented them attempting this? Was a full invasion considered by Japan during the planning of the attack?

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Or are we mostly guessing based on instruments we know they had at the time, and other contemporary music? I've been really interested in finding some actual music from that era, but only seem to find music that appears to be what people 'guess' it sounded like.

I also read some posts about how little actual written history there is from this time and place. Is Norwegian (or just Scandinavian) viking age music kinda lost in time, or are there specific examples of actual songs out there?

Note that I'm obviously not too well informed on the viking age or Norwegian history in general, but I'd like to explore my country's musical background.

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I recently saw Barry Lyndon, (set during the 7 Year War) and in one of the scenes it depicts a small skirmish between a line of Austrians and British. It is supposed to depict a unrecorded skirmish.

My question is, would this be common to have smaller skirmishes alongside bigger battles during this period? And if so, would it be around larger armies when traveling, or would there be skirmishing along a ‘front line’ if such a concept existed?

I guess I will also ask very broadly about all pre 1900s history, and about how warfare worked during that period. Because in media, they seem to focus on large battles as turning points, but you never get a sense of supply lines, prolonged sieges, the frontline (again, if such a concept existed) and really just the bigger picture.

The historians/contributors/mods do a great job at providing us with high quality answers to many seemingly bizarre/inane topics we come up with. And are awarded with answers we might not have not known otherwise. However, there are a lot of questions that go unanswered. Is there some way that we can get more folks on (or off Reddit) here that have the knowledge and/or qualifications to share knowledge on topics, periods in time or regions that don't receive much coverage?